The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]1833 |
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... becomes feeble , and nothing is talked of but the good old times . Then comes on the fretful hatred of innovation , the dread of all change , the miserly clinging to possessions for their own sake , the sordid , imbecile conservative ...
... becomes feeble , and nothing is talked of but the good old times . Then comes on the fretful hatred of innovation , the dread of all change , the miserly clinging to possessions for their own sake , the sordid , imbecile conservative ...
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... become stored with legends of older times , and the patriotic anticipation of his country's future prosperity warms the poet's heart . Such was the golden era of Greece , be- tween the age of Pisistratus and the subversion of the free ...
... become stored with legends of older times , and the patriotic anticipation of his country's future prosperity warms the poet's heart . Such was the golden era of Greece , be- tween the age of Pisistratus and the subversion of the free ...
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... become deteriorated by prosperity and vo- luptuousness , but that the spirit of poetry itself is passing away . To Milton , Dryden succeeded , and to Dryden , Pope . Mr. Montgomery dates the second grand era of modern English Li ...
... become deteriorated by prosperity and vo- luptuousness , but that the spirit of poetry itself is passing away . To Milton , Dryden succeeded , and to Dryden , Pope . Mr. Montgomery dates the second grand era of modern English Li ...
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... But of this revolution , the Author of Waverley was not the originator . He merely took advantage of it , having ceased to write poetry , only because the public were ceasing to become readers of it 6 Montgomery's Lectures on Poetry , & c .
... But of this revolution , the Author of Waverley was not the originator . He merely took advantage of it , having ceased to write poetry , only because the public were ceasing to become readers of it 6 Montgomery's Lectures on Poetry , & c .
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because the public were ceasing to become readers of it , even in that shape most adapted to excite the palled appetite , and to rouse the languid imagination , —the metrical romance . What , then , are we to regard as the real causes ...
because the public were ceasing to become readers of it , even in that shape most adapted to excite the palled appetite , and to rouse the languid imagination , —the metrical romance . What , then , are we to regard as the real causes ...
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Página 226 - He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him : for he said, I am the Son of God.
Página 257 - And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Página 515 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shall have praise of the same: . for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Página 515 - ... for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain. For he is a minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Página 428 - My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
Página 300 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
Página 98 - I was struck, not long after my settlement in the Temple, with such a dejection of spirits, as none but they who have felt the same can have the least conception of. Day and night I was upon the rack, lying down in horror, and rising up in despair.
Página 99 - Almighty, who will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax, was graciously pleased to hear me.
Página 161 - In 1839 a select committee was again appointed to inquire into the state of railway communication, and as a result of its recommendations a general "saving" clause was inserted in the Croydon railway bill.28 In 1840 another select committee was appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into railway af«CF Adams, Railroads, p.
Página 15 - I in sadness hear it all ; For, like the wrinkles on my brow, I scarcely notice such things now. But when, amid the earnest game, He stops, as if he music heard, And, heedless of his shouted name As of the carol of a bird, Stands gazing on the empty air, As if some dream were passing there...